Match-safe.



E. L. TENHEY- MATCH SAFE. nrmcuxon rum) 0011,1901.

Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

EDGAR L. TENNEY, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

' MATCH-SAFE.

To all wkom it may concern. 1

Be it known that I, EDGAR L. TENNEY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinols, have lnvented certain new and useful Improvements in Match-Safes, of which the fol owing is a specification.

My invention relates to match-safes and the ob ect of my invention is to provide a magazine match-safe adapted to hold a box of matches, and wherein the box will constltute the magazine, the box being partially opened to allow the matches to feed therefrom as needed. a "A further object is toprovide a matchsafe as mentioned of such construction that the matches willbe fed therefrom to a osit1on where they will be readily accessib e.

Afurther object is to provide a match-safe as mentioned of'such construction as to admit of the match box and matches being readily inserted or removed, and which will lock the lid of the boxinopen' position to prevent the same from accidentally closing the box when in the safe. Other objects will appear hereinafter. With these objects in view my invention consists generally in the match-safe illustrated in the accompanying drawings and in various details of construction and arrangements of parts all as willbe hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

. mon bottom for the body portion and tray,

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to. the accompanying drawings forming, a part of this specification and in which, 5 v Y Figure'l is a perspective view of a match safe embodying my mvention in its preferred form, Fig. 2 isa vertical section thereof, and Fig. 3 is a plan of the blank from which the match-safe is formed. 1

Generally speaking, my Intention consists in a match-safe comprising a body portion of suitable size toaccommodate a match-box or one end thereof, a tray or trough from which the matches may be taken and a comof such construction as to wedge the box against the front of the body portion of the safe to prevent the lid from being accidentally pushed downwardly, closing the box.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates generally the body'portion and B the tray. The body portion is rectangular in cross section and comprises the back, 1, the front Specification of Letters Patent. Ap lication filed October 7,1907.

' curve forwardly Patented April 20, 1909. Serial No. ceases.

plate, 2 and the side members, 3. This portion of the device is of suflicient dimensions to receive one end of amatch-box of the usualcommercial size and may be high enough to inclose the entire box, although, as shown in the drawing,it may be only high enough to retain the box in place. The lower portions of the members, 3 are enlarged to form the sides, 4 of the tray B, the bottom, 5 of which is formed by extending the back member, 1 and curving it to conform to the semicircular sides, 4.v In this manner the curved bottom, 5 is common to both the body portion and the tray.

The tray portion is extended forwardly of the wall or plate 2 a greater distance than the depth of the body portion, which brings the center of the curved sides forward of said plate. This makes the entire portion of the 45 bottom-'5 which is below the body portion and downwardly, hence a match boxplaced in the body will have its lower end pushed forwardly and Wedge the lid against the lower edge of the wall 2.

The device may be stamped out ofa sin 1e piece of sheetmetal folded into shape, t e

edges being joined in any suitable manner. By soldering or brazing the joints, a neat strong match-safe, may be formed. However, if desired, the edges may be fastened by providing the abutting edges with coacting tenons and slots 6 and 7 respectively.

In using the device, a box, 8, of matches having the usual sliding lid, 9, is laced endwise in the body ortion of the sa e as shown in Fig. 2, with the lid partially withdrawn. The bottom corner of the box engages the curved-bottom, 5, and by sliding downwardly thereon shoves the lid of the box tightly 'against the front late, 2. This wedges the box in the safe an prcvents'the lid from being readily moved to close the box, all downward pressure thereon, .tending to bind it still tighter in fiosition. "The curvature of the bottom, 5 a 0 causes the matches to be fed forward in the tray where they will be readily accessible, none of the matches getting under the end of the box where t cannot be readily reached.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is: 1

1. A match'safe formed .of a single blank sha ed to forms. body portion consisting of a bac the sides and a front plate, the back being extended to form a substantially sem1- circular bottom and an uncovered tray, said tray having semicircular sides formed by extending the lower portion of the sides of the body and the center of said semicircular asides and bottom being forward of said front 10 rectangular portion forthe'baek an bottom of the device, a pair of semi-circular pertions extending laterally in o posite directions from the lower corners oi said rectangular portions for the sides of the tra'y; rectangular extensions d ending from the outer portion of the lower e ge of each of said semi-circular portions for the sides of the body portion and a rectangular portion extending inwardly from the inner ed e of one of said depending portions for the front of the body portion substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

I EDGAR L. TENNEY;

Witnesses:

HELEN F. LILLrs, FRANoEs E. SHEEHY. 

